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Lot 125 Dα

August Gaul - Ente

Auction 1234 - overview Cologne
02.12.2023, 11:00 - Day Sale - Modern Art
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 12.600 € (incl. premium)

August Gaul

Ente
1911

Bronze. Height 50 cm. Signed 'GAUL' verso on the co-cast stepped plinth and with foundry mark "H.NOACK BERLIN". Single figure from the eastern group of the Berlin Entenbrunnen (cf. Gabler 157). - Richly worked in detail with a fine dark brown patina, partly more vivid due to outdoor installation.

Catalogue Raisonné

Gabler 157-a

Provenance

Private collection, Bavaria

Literature

Emil Waldmann, August Gaul, Berlin 1919, ill. n.p. Herwig Guratzsch (ed.), Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig. Katalog der Bildwerke, Cologne 1999, p. 144 with ill. p. 281

Exhibitions

Cf. Frankfurt 2010 (Museum Giersch), August Gaul. Fritz Klimsch, cat. no. 59 with col. ill., p. 19 and ill. on both inside front covers